experimenting with color - 18" square

It has been nearly impossible to work in my studio the past week - my little space heater can't adequately heat the place It's moderated a bit the past few days but this winter has been very cold down here. We have all of these lizards that I worry about........one little Carolina Anole that lives behind my electric meter looks pretty damn skinny (he comes out and sits there when it's warm enough) and I swear I can see his little ribs so I hope it warms up soon. I have nearly finished this one and actually tried to paint outside this morning but it began to rain pretty hard so I had to stop. Oh well, the sun's beginning to come back. 

into the wave 12" square

Just felt like painting a figure...........I am still looking for a figure group in this area but have not had much luck. I might have to go to Savannah!

moving is a real pain!

I finished this some time ago and several other things as well but have been unable to make my camera forward pictures to my computer. I am doing less painting than normal due to the enormous amount of packing I am doing. I quickly realized that I had to make that a priority or I would never get out of here. It is stunning to me just how much stuff there is in this place and how little of it seems worth moving. I am working on a smaller painting at the moment and, when I finish, will use my phone to take a picture. I also realized that I would become a monster if I did not take a few breaks from packing to either get outdoors or paint. Back to work.

progress update - to the waves 24x18"

Just a quick post so you all know that I am still painting! I am getting close to finishing this one.

all done - 14x11"

I actually finished this on the last day I posted it and have moved on to other things. We are expecting a snowstorm tonight and it isn't supposed to get above the forties for the next 10 days.......I can't stand it!

ocean layers - 14x11" (stage 1)

The step-like quality of organized heavy surf really appeals to me and that is what I am trying to do here......March is shaping up to be a really, really disorganized month for me. I found out that I have to go to court again on an old case from my former career......I hope that these cases will eventually disappear (one can dream) and they leave me alone!

winter surfer - 8" square

How people can go in the ocean around here this time of year is completely beyond me..........but they do. I really fought with this one and wiped it off several times before I got it. I nearly quit and started something else but am quite stubborn and refuse to believe I can't "get" something.

all alone completed

No light today in my house! It is gloomy, cold and raining so I have to use spotlights.........still listening to the even gloomier election fallout. I cannot believe that our President is planning on compromising any more than he already has.........sigh.

all alone - 24x12"

I have just really begun to develop this picture - I've been into surfers recently. I am trying to get the sense of a coldish foggy atmosphere and it is a challenge to retain  monochromatic color without deadness - as I proceed I am adding more warmth.

golden light - 12" square

I have been trying to achieve the warm shimmer that is so evident on warm, hazy, sparkly days at the shore. I tend to study (and wipe down) a lot when I am at the beach. Some of the lessons seem to be taking and I can translate the learning when I get back to the studio.

surfers part 2 - 18x24"

I am done with this for the most part - I will have to sharpen up in some places since it is so wet the details kind of soaked in. I am enjoying working larger again and plan on focusing more on larger pictures.

surfers - 18x24"

I started this yesterday so I have not gotten terribly far as of yet..........I wiped down everything I did at life group yesterday and then the beginning of a small still life today. I am just not that into still lifes and the model drove me nuts yesterday - her position was totally different after every break so I finally gave up. Truth is, I just wanted to work on this. I will get an early start tomorrow and the weather is supposed to be wretched so I won't be tempted to do anything else.